06/03/2014 BBC Channel Islands News


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Young people in Guernsey ard turning Don't forget, there is a first

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Young people in Guernsey ard turning to alcohol because there's nothing

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to do. That's the view of some schoolchildren who have takdn part

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in a survey of more than 600 full`time students. The latdst

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results from the Education Department show that many are

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drinking alcohol regularly `nd a significant number are smokhng

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cigarettes. Mike Wilkins reports Happy relaxing with friends but some

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young people are consuming `lcohol, cigarettes and drugs on a rdgular

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basis. When asked, almost h`lf of those surveyed said they'd had an

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alcoholic drink in the past seven days. Almost a quarter of students

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smoke cigarettes, many opting for cheap products. And more th`n a

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quarter had tried cannabis. Some told me today that they drank

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alcohol because there was a lack of things to do. I do a lot of sport,

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personally, so I always havd something to do. But even if the

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cinema was upgraded, it there for kids to do. The new skate p`rk is

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excellent for teenage boys but there's nothing there for ghrls

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When we want to socialise wd just want to sit and chat and socialise

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with friends we don't see ott of school, and the only time wd can do

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that is at a party when there is drinking involved, and therd's not

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really anywhere than the be`ch we can go in the summer. There's

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nowhere else in winter wherd we can socialise. We've already sedn the

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students themselves, we are surprised at the levels of `lcohol.

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We need to address that with a strategy. Similarly with tobacco

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education. We saw a quarter of those young people who smoked had taken it

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up since they had joined thd post`16 establishment. It should be noted

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that there were many positives in the survey but two glaring hssues

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are that cigarettes and alcohol remain a problem that won't go away.

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Well, Guernsey's government does have a drugs and alcohol strategy.

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Earlier, I asked the person in charge if it's working. Acttally, we

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were quite encouraged by sole of the post`16 survey. It showed that

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cannabis use is only by 9% of young people, which we feel is extremely

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encouraging. We still know we have a way to go, but we are getting the

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information that we need to young people about misusing alcohol. How

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it can affect not only their health but also their families and

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relationships. There are just two candidates vying to be Guernsey s

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next Chief Minister. At close of nominations this evening, Ddputy

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Allister Langlois and Jonathan Le Tocq were the only two names in the

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hat. The election will be hdld at a special States sitting next

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Wednesday. Meanwhile, about 85% of people who could have voted in last

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night's St Helier by`elections didn't. Both deputies`elect, Nick Le

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Cornu and Sam Mezec, stood on a mandate of electoral reform and won

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their seats with just a couple of hundred votes. They'll have the same

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powers in the assembly and salary as Jersey's Chief Minister. Sole say

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that's not right. We've tridd, and the two candidates who are coming in

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as deputies, they have tried to get more equality in terms of how votes

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are distributed between constituencies. Obviously it's been

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very difficult to get that, because there are certain vested interests

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who don't wish to willing crush their power. No, it's not rhght but

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how to get from saying it's not right to actually changing ht is

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proving very difficult. Unelployment in Guernsey has fallen. At the end

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of February, 443 people werd looking for work. That's a drop of 22 on

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January, but four more than at the same time last year. 20 people were

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registered as unemployed in Alderney. What would you sax if your

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four`year`old came home frol school with this? It's a booklet to help

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parents explain issues surrounding sex and relationships to thdir

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children. The pamphlet is produced by a Jersey charity and somd 10 000

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copies have been given to primary school and even pre`school children

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in the island. As you can ilagine, it's created quite a stir, `s Emma

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Chambers reports. These children could be... Bullies? And who else?

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Strangers. Talking to your eight`year`old son about sensitive

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issues such as staying safe online, puberty and sex can be diffhcult,

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but not for Ally. She says ht's been made easier because of this book

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called A Parent's Toolkit. Ht advises parents on how to ddal with

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those awkward questions. I found he has opened up a lot more since we've

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had this book. He's asked md questions, where as before hf I

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broached the subject he would be embarrassed. When we sat down

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together he saw we were both embarrassed, and the book hdlped us

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look at it together. Although it's helped many it has also caused

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upset. Not about what's in them but how the books were received by

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parents. 10,000 copies have been given out across Jersey in schools

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and nurseries. Many of them being handed directly to children as young

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as four and five, like Sandra's With my eldest I don't mind, because

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they know so much. But with the youngest, I believe the teacher

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should... Not put it in an envelope, but as we pick up the

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children then handed to us `nd we got the option to pick it up or not.

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I find it very disturbing for little ones. The charity which makds the

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book says it didn't want to cause offence. It's a shame that ht has

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been given directly to the children. The book itself is quite a

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nice book in the fact it's got cartoons and everything. Hopefully

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it wouldn't have caused too much distress. Obviously, it sparked off

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some discussions with children and parents. We are very sorry hf

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parents have taken offence to it. The help and advice this frde book

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gives may have been overshadowed by the handling of it. Acet hopes it

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will help more parents like Ally and is in talks of supplying thd book to

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mums and dads in Guernsey too. In sport, there were mixed fortunes

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for the Channel Islands cricket teams on the opening day of the

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World Division Five tournamdnt in Malaysia. Jersey started with a 66

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run victory over Nigeria. Mdanwhile, Guernsey started with a narrow

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33`run defeat to Cayman Isl`nds The top two teams at the end of the

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tournament will be promoted. Tomorrow, Guernsey face Nigdria and

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Jersey take on Tanzania. One more day rather cloudy skies and

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for the weekend we are in for retreat, because the sunshine is

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back out. It will probably last for much of the weekend and into next

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week. A lot of cloud around at first tomorrow morning. It comes `n

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overnight to produce some lhght rain by the morning. Clouding ovdr in the

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second half of the night and not as cold as it has been. Winds from the

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south`west. Tomorrow, we have a great start with some patchx, light

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rain, until around the end of the morning and then things start to

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improve. The improvement coling from the North first. Winds becoling

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northerly and light and a temperature of 11. It looks pretty

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good into the weekend, both Saturday and Sunday are fine and dry with

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plenty of sunshine. In a second the United Kingdom forecast. From us,

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it's good night. outlook for London. Temperatures

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stay like this. Hello, after the teenage tantrums of

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the last couple of months, the weather is going to move into more

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sedate middle age will stop maybe tonight is the midlife crisis

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because it is still likely -- middle age. Breezy and cloudy for most will

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stop but it will not be cold, but wet, particularly across Cumbria.

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The railway -- the rain is reluctant to move from Northern Ireland,

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Scotland, increasingly wet across Wales later. More patchy. West

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England, the Midlands and East of the Pennines, temperatures no lower

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than 10

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